Now she’s desperately trying to get the photo taken down. What makes it even worse, she says, is that she signed up for health insurance via the Affordable Care Act and loves it. UPDATE — 7:51 p.m.: One of the pages, Right Wing News, has removed the image.

With the upcoming 20th anniversary of MTV’s groundbreaking season of The Real World — which featured late AIDS activist Pedro Zamora — and the show returning to San Francisco Wednesday, I talked to former cast member Rachel Campos-Duffy about Pedro, her memories of being on the show, and her thoughts on same-sex marriage.

“I can’t wait to see, in Iowa or New Hampshire, some Tea Party type calling him a liberal and Christie reaching down the guy’s throat and pulling his lungs out. I can’t wait to see that. I’ll pay money to see that.”

“I find it really unfortunate that this offensive slur was used to characterize anyone,” Langevin says. OFA: “We neither support nor approve of the inappropriate language used in a sign on the mall today.” Update: The sign-holder speaks.

The tea party group had to take out a $1 million line of credit, and its fundraising efforts have tanked this year, sources say. FreedomWorks dismisses the accusations as claims made by “bored former employees.”